THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



always full, so the animals suit their individual 

 tastes; and, in hot weather, if they are doing 

 heavy work in parts of the farm where there 

 is no running water, a barrel on wheels is 

 taken with them, and stationed where the 

 horses will pass often during the day. When 

 heavy work is to be performed on record- 

 breaking days, in July or August, plenty of 

 drinking water, and a big, soaking sponge, 

 passed over head and throat, ward oif ill ef- 

 fects from the heat. 



Of course, if a horse comes in overheated 

 from driving or working, it would be danger- 

 ous to allow it to drink quantities of cold 

 water; but sponging its face and fetlocks re- 

 lieves the parching thirst of fatigue almost 

 instantly. I know, by bathing my wrists 

 under similar circumstances. Then, by the 

 time the horse has been brushed and turned 

 into its stall, it will be cool, and the consuming 

 desire for drink so moderated that no restric- 

 tion need be put upon its helping itself to all 



it wants. 



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